Project Manager - Corporate Real Estate Americas

About the role

Howden, a global insurance group, is seeking a Project Manager for Corporate Real Estate, Americas. This is a US East Coast-based role with a hybrid schedule and regular travel to project sites across the Americas, with a focus on the US market. It is a 1-year fixed-term contract reporting to the Head of Real Estate - Americas, managing all real estate projects from planning through handover.

Key responsibilities

• Independently manage capital projects from business case and briefing through design, procurement, construction, handover and close-out, including fit-outs, relocations, expansions, consolidations, restacks and refurbishments.
• Manage budgets, schedules and financial tracking, including commitments, forecasts, cash flow, change control and variance monitoring, and prepare project updates, dashboards and decision papers.
• Coordinate documentation, procurement (RFPs, tenders, vendor coordination) and consultant and contractor appointments.
• Manage third-party consultants, architects, engineers, contractors, furniture suppliers and movers, and chair stakeholder meetings and steering committee meetings.
• Review designs, specifications and site progress, maintain risk and issue registers, support snagging, commissioning and handover, and promote health and safety.
• Report monthly to oversight committees on project and portfolio milestones and budgets.

Required profile

• Experience in corporate real estate, project management or construction.
• Experience delivering or supporting office fit-out and capital projects, preferably across multiple locations.
• Experience in a professional services or corporate environment, preferably.
• Experience coordinating architects, engineers, contractors and other third-party consultants.
• Comfortable travelling regularly to project sites across the US and, where required, the wider Americas.

Required skills

• Knowledge of design and construction processes and project delivery methodologies.
• Working knowledge of project budgets, schedules, procurement, contracts, reporting and change control.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, maintain accurate records and communicate with stakeholders, consultants and contractors.